par Aharonian, Felix;Berghaus, Patrick ; [et al.]
Référence Science, 307, 5717, page (1938-1942)
Publication Publié, 2005-03
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : Very high energy γ-rays probe the long-standing mystery of the origin of cosmic rays. Produced in the interactions of accelerated particles in astro-physical objects, they can be used to image cosmic particle accelerators. A first sensitive survey of the inner part of the Milky Way with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) reveals a population of eight previously unknown firmly detected sources of very high energy γ-rays. At least two have no known radio or x-ray counterpart and may be representative of a new class of "dark" nucleonic cosmic ray sources.